{"product_id":"2026200011227-secondhand-natural-symbols","title":"Natural Symbols","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA landmark work in the field of social anthropology, Natural Symbols presents Mary Douglas's groundbreaking argument that the human body serves as a natural symbol through which societies express their deepest social structures and cosmological beliefs. Drawing on cross-cultural research, Douglas illustrates how attitudes toward bodily control, ritual, and symbolism directly reflect the grid and group pressures operating within different social systems. Written with intellectual rigour and analytical precision, the book argues that anti-ritualism — the modern dismissal of outward symbolic behaviour — is itself a product of specific social structures rather than spiritual progress. A seminal text that has shaped decades of anthropological and religious thought, it remains essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the relationship between symbolic systems, the body, and social organisation.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48956180594907,"sku":"2026200011227-SECONDHAND","price":10.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/1810c4bc-8133-41ae-a895-a4a66627b909.png?v=1783498772","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200011227-secondhand-natural-symbols","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}